On Oct. 23, the Logan Planning Commission approved a small infill project that sparked a larger debate over one of Cache Valley’s toughest challenges: how to add more housing without tearing apart the neighborhoods that already exist.

Commissioners voted to allow The Foundry, a six-unit, three-story townhome project on a narrow 0.21-acre lot near 450 North and 200 West. Developer Danny Macfarlane said the homes would be sold — not rented — each about 1,000 square feet with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage, targeting a price near $275,000.

“That’s always hard to find, a lot that is so small, to try to find a useful use of it,” commission chair Eldon Peterson said. “I do appreciate the effort to provide us affordable housing. It is especially nice to see affordable housing for owne

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